Happy 2016!!!

Happy 2016!!!

The year 2015 sure went by fast it wasn't good health wise for me so I'm hoping and praying

that 2016 is a healthy one. Right now I'm nursing a cold and happy that is all it is!

I thought I'd show the rest of my Christmas pictures and then my newly painted bath

room next time. 

I have this red mirrored tray sitting on my coffee table and did it a little different s

this year by scattering bells and and snowflakes on it. The berry ring and candle/vase

are from Target!

Here is another tray that I have on the diningroom table...different candle

sticks and greenery plus pinecones made a great diy centerpiece!

.Remember when I bought the birch logs? I still use them all year long! 

A little of my entryway...with the door open! I got the hubbs to put this mirror 

back up so now I'm looking for a narrow bench or table for in here.

I'll be back to show you my newly painted bathroom!

Rondell

A Little Bit of This and That

I’ve had this post saved and just have been busy so I’m going to go ahead and hit publish it without any changes to it, hope

you don’t mind! I don’t have to much to do on my project it’s just getting the time to do it!

Hi everyone, it’s been a busy month for me and probably for you too!

Thanksgiving is next week,our 21# turkey is in the fridge thawing out for

the big day. Until then I’ve been trying not to get overwhelmed/stressed out… just

trying to enjoy the days whether they are spent Christmas shopping or just being at

home. I usually wait until the day after Thanksgiving to decorate for Christmas

but was getting my fall dishes out of the cabinet when I found these Williams Sonoma

mugs I had found at Goodwill a couple years ago and decided to enjoy them now

I also decided to move my cookbooks from above the fridge to up above my

stove and I couldn’t resist putting a faux poinsettia up there too. Once I put the

lighted garland up there it will really look nice!

I have most everything out just waiting to be put in their special places…things

from Target, TJMaxx and Walmart! I’ll get it all put together right after turkey

day, it’s so hard to wait when I see all the great inspiration out there in blogland

and on instagram!

My oldest grandchild Sydney turned 13 this past week… I can’t believe it! We celebrated by

having her friends and family at the bowling alley to bowl and have pizza! I’m so proud

of her she does so well in school and sports.

Here are her friends , they had such a good time, and  it was fun for me just

to sit back and watch Sydney have such a good time!

My Fridays have been taken up by football, my oldest son coaches a highschool team

and they made it to the semi finals , here he is talking to a reporter. I will say that I

froze at every game that we played lately, I don’t do cold very well! Well, the

game before we would play at Heinz Field we lost, he did such an incredible job

with those kids. No matter how old your kids get your heart still hurts when they

hurt!

I’m glad I’m caught up now, I’m decorating for Christmas and I’ll be taking pictures

for you to see!

Rondell

Christmas Tree and Other Decor

My Christmas tree is basically the same as last year except for a few new

ornaments and different styled faux presents under the tree. I used Target

giftwrap and ribbon I had in my stash. That also is still the same velvet

skirt too, I remember my husband almost chocking when he paid for it.lol

Here are my newest ornaments, I always enjoy going shopping after Christmas, love getting

a good deal on them,.

My granddaughter bought me this black and silver lamp from Walmart, thank

you for thinking of Grammy, Samantha.

The owl I bought from Walmart too, I thought they had a lot of nice ornaments this

year.

The bottom left are one of three birds I bought at Macy’s after Christmas sale last year. He is

much bigger than he appears in the picture and I think he is felted, they had been more than

I’d ever pay but got a great price on them. Next is a silver glittered shoe, love me my shoes!

I added some books to this chair to lift up the silver bowl a bit. I’m still loving

this blue.

I decorated my scale different this year on the hoosier, with an old Rumford Baking tin

sitting on some greens. Do you like my owl S&P’s? I think they are cute, I’ll show you all

my Christmas S&P’s in another post.

I added some white poinsettias to the bedroom in a milk glass vase. The owl bracelet

sitting in a white dish I bought on the streets of New York City.

I’ll be back soon with more, some days there isn’t any sun for good pictures so I have to hurry and grab my

camera when I can if it’s out.

Thanks for stopping by I always appreciate you!

I’ll be at these parties:

Feathered Nest Friday

The Inspiration Gallery

Inspire Me Please

Show and Tell

Frugal Friday

Home Sweet Home

Christmas Extravaganza

Rondell

Christmas Red

Hello everyone, how are you holding up with Christmas just

weeks away? I started decorating right after Thanksgiving,

we did put the tree up but didn’t decorate it, and I’m so

glad I did because Christmas has come really fast this

year. I’ve started shopping earlier this year too.

Today I took some pictures while the sun shined at times.

I found this centerpiece at Michael’s I put it in a wooden

box and I added the pinecones. I have it sitting on a

runner I bought a couple months ago at TJMaxx knowing then

that I wanted to add more red to my Christmas decorating.

After I took the picture above I tried it with this frame I

had painted blue. I like it but just not sure about it,

I love it with the red.

My hairdresser gave me two sets of these Christmas dishes for a service of 8,I just love them, they were bought at Kohl’s and I think they go well with the

feedsack runner.

You can see my tree in the background.

I kept this vignette the same as last year but did add some twinkle lights.

I bought the red mirrored tray… in fact I went shopping for one and

found it, first time that has happened. See the little snowflakes I

made? I used some sort of baby yarn from Walmart. They turned out so

cute, they even shed a little so it does look like snow.

I love the look of different candle sticks all arranged together don’t you?

There is brass, ceramic, mercury glass, silver and pewter. Different

shapes and textures. I love adding red this year in my home.♥

I hope you had a great Monday and are finishing up with

your decorating and baking oh,and shopping too.

I’ll be joining these parties:

Tuesdays at Our Home

Inspire Me

The Scoop

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

Be Inspired

wow Us Wednesday

Creating Christmas

Rondell

Our Christmas Home Tour

Happy Day to you all! What a wonderful season this is, how blessed we are to  decorate our homes to celebrate our Saviors Birthday!
I’d love to take you on a tour of our home for Christmas 2012, we will start in the entryway okay?
I had to use lights because we have had rain and gloomy weather for going on a week now. I also went a little simpler this year by that I mean I didn’t drag everything out like I used to.
I’ve had this quilted stocking for years and always bring it out to hang on this narrow piece by the closet.

I used real greenery from Lowe’s my first time ever for around my front door, so I tucked a few pieces in the stocking and every time I go past I get a whif of Christmas!

My holly wreath with the Got Snow sign and no we haven’t had any snow yet this winter, hope we get some for Christmas eve.


Now how about the kitchen, it’s just to the right of the entryway. I always use faux garland with lights above the kitchen cabinets.



On my PB curtains I tied some black polka dotted bows on and those sweet little mitten s&p’s are from Hallmark this summer on clearance.


This is on my work table that is right off the kitchen. The wicker sleigh was my mom’s, I remember this from my teenage years.


The diningroom is my fav this year!

Love my bench here at the table!



Livingroom mantle and tree in silver, black and white! I added another silver reindeer and some cute little stars to the garland.


Oh Christmas Tree!




I hope you enjoyed my Christmas tour this year!
Thanks for stopping by because I know you are so busy right now!
I’m joining Jennifer Rizzo at her Holiday Housewalk Party.
Also Wow Us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style!

Tutorials Tips and Tidbits at StoneGable

2012 Christmas Home Tours at Nester’s Place

 

Rondell ♥

Will Start With Christmas 2009

Hello all! A wonderful thing this morning…the sun is shining, we haven’t seen the sun in over a week, my thoughts and prayers are with those in NYC and NJ, I surely hope the sun is shining there too!
I thought you would like to see how I decorated my home in Christmas past , some of you are new here to my blog and well, I thought maybe you would like to see how I’ve changed. I just can’t believe Christmas is next month, can you?
This is Christmas 2009
A lot of pictures but we all like pictures right?
The mantel is painted blue, and really I still have everything you see there. lol The thought of going thur Christmas decorations to sell what I don’t want is daunting!

I was into a more primitive look back then and an older camera too as you can tell. lol!

Old ironing board!

Look at the popcorn garland…I spent so much money on it, then right after, I changed my style of decorating, please, tell  me I’m not the only one to do this?

Prairie bonnets!

Dry sink I have in the basement now. I made the doll you see there, yes I can sew just don’t like to!

The bathroom, sometimes I do miss the days of decorating like this, I got everything just the way I wanted it, then one day I woke up and knew that a change was needed!

Bedroom…boy, these pictures do make me appreciate my camera now!

Hamm, why was I dissatisfied? I think that’s the only picture I have of the oak cabinets.lol

Okay now, let’s fast forward to 2010.
Mantel…found the wreath in the container at GW.

The hutch was oak, love, love it white!

Love♥ Can’t wait to see some twinkling lights!
Cabinets are white, thank goodness!  We now have an up to date ceiling fan, new light over the sink, new counters and now have wire baskets where the zebra ones are…what was I thinking with the zebra? lol.

I like looking at these pictures, it shows me what I have and not to buy another ornament, as if that’s going to happen!

I do need more of this ribbon though.

No prairie bonnets here!

Aww, now I sort of like this but the washstand is now in the diningroom! I think I’ll move the bed back on this wall.

Yes, I’ve went thur some different styles:)

The bathroom now!


Living room now.

I hope you enjoyed my little tour of Christmas past, fun to do but very time consuming but I think you deserve it:)
I’ll be joining these parties:
Wow Us Wednesday
Show and Tell Friday
Feathered Nest Friday
Feature Friday Free for All
Feature Yourself Friday
Flaunt it Friday
Link Up With Me, Liz Marie
Fridays Unfolded
Home Sweet Home
Thanks so much for stopping by, now I must leave to go shopping!
Rondell♥